S. Gerard Jennings

BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc, Ph.D.(h.c. Gote'g),
C.Phys., F.Inst.P., F.Roy. Met. Soc.

Contact Information

National University of Ireland, Galway
Phone: 353-91-524411 extn 2704
Direct: 353 (0)91 750452; 353 (0)91 750364
Fax: 353-91-750584
Email: gerard.jenningsnuigalway.ie
Web site: http://macehead.nuigalway.ie/

Brief career details

Graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway) in 1965 in Experimental Physics with a B.Sc (1st. Class honours), followed by a M.Sc. degree (1967). Obtained a Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Manchester, England, in 1971.Subsequently, did post-doctoral research work at UMIST, Manchester; University of Durham, England and at the Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands, New Mexico, USA. In 1980, was appointed Statutory Lecturer in the Department of Experimental Physics, NUI, Galway. Visiting US National Senior Research Council Fellow for a 12 month sabbatical period (1986-87) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO. Was awarded a D.Sc. degree from the University of Manchester, 1987. Associate Professor of Physics since 1990. Visiting Bye Fellow at the University of Cambridge during sabbatical year in 1997. Was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Göteborg, Sweden in 2000.

Research Interests

Main research interest is in Atmospheric Science which includes the fields of atmospheric aerosol and cloud physics, climate and environmental change, atmospheric pollution and air quality, and electromagnetic radiation propagation in cloud and aerosol media. Has been instrumental, in collaboration with departmental colleagues, in establishing and operating the Atmospheric Research Station at Mace Head , near Carna, Co. Galway. Is in charge of an active Atmospheric Research Group in the Department. Co-ordination of and participation in several international (EU for example) and national collaborative research projects largely based at the Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station.

Teaching Interests

• First Year Physics through English (EP101) and Irish (EP102)
• Second Year Thermodynamics (EP 214)
• Third Year MT301 Introduction to the Atmosphere
• Third Year MR310 Marine Science Fundamentals
• Third Year EP328 Physics of the Environment 1
• Fourth Year Experimental Physics Experiments and Projects

Other Interests

• Director of the Air Quality Technology Centre
• Co-ordinator of the Climate Change Cluster within the Environmental Change Institute
• Secretary of the Mace Head Management Committee

Membership of International Scientific Bodies

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research
• Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the World Meteorological Organisation Aerosol component of Global Atmosphere Watch
• Member of IGAC's Co-ordinating Committee for Aerosol Characterisation and Process Studies
• Member of Scientific Steering Committee of EUROTRAC (to 2000)
• Member of the European Association for Aerosol Research (GAeF)

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